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Alan Davidson

Shrimp; Brown Shrimp (U.K.)

Crangon crangon (Linnaeus)

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top 1000North Atlantic Seafood
North Atlantic Seafood

By Alan Davidson

Published 1980

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Family Crangonidae

  • Portuguese: Camarão negro/mouro
  • Spanish: Qúisquilla
  • French: Crevette grise
  • Dutch: Garnaal
  • German: Nordseegarnele, Granat
  • Polish: Garnela
  • Russian: Seraya krevetka
  • Finnish: Hietakatkarapu
  • Swedish: Sandräka
  • Norwegian: Hestereke
  • Danish: Hestereje, Sandhest
  • Other: Perdysen (Welsh); Sauterelle (Boulogne)

REMARKS Maximum length only 6 cm. This little creature, shown on the left in side view, is greyish or brownish in life, and translucent. It lives on sandy ground and has the ability to change its colour to match whatever sand it is on (or in, since it often burrows into the sand, leaving only the antennae projecting). Its range is from the Mediterranean to Norway.

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